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#### Start Alignment Command

The line that starts the alignment is:

ALIGN_ID=ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:ID, LIST=YES/NO

Changeable fields:

Align_ID
This is the ID that the alignment will be stored as. The operator assigns the ID. PC-DMIS assigns a default name if you do not specify an ID. Example: A1.

ID
ID is a previous internal alignment that will be recalled to start a new alignment. Note that you can also use the USE_ACTIVE_ALIGNMENT keyword in this field to cause PC-DMIS to use the active alignment instead of recalling a stored alignment. This is useful when you use alignments with looping and conditional branching. See the "Using an Alignment Inside Loops or Branches" topic.

You can use the USE_PART_SETUP keyword in this field to cause PC-DMIS to use the transformation defined in the Part setup area of the Part/Machine tab in the Setup Options dialog box. This was handled by leaving the ID field blank in versions prior to version 2012. See the "Setup Options: Part/Machine tab" topic in the "Setting Your Preferences" chapter.

LIST
Setting this field to YES or NO lets you determine whether or not PC-DMIS should display the alignment ID in the Alignments list on the Settings toolbar for later insertion in the measurement routine. The default setting is YES. Setting this field to NO is useful if you have a lot of temporary alignments, and you don't want to list all of them in the Alignments list on the Settings toolbar.